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noun
Deadwood  n.  
1.
(Naut.) A mass of timbers built into the bow and stern of a vessel to give solidity.
2.
Dead trees or branches; useless material.
3.
(fig.) People who are unproductive; used especially in reference to employees.





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"Deadwood" Quotes from Famous Books



... primitive reasoning did Singing Stream put the horses to the light wagon, and, taking the little Judith with her, drove to Deadwood, a matter of two hundred miles, to buy the bright calicoes that were to make her like a white woman. It never occurred to the half-breed woman to make known her plans to Warren Rodney. In circumventing ...
— Judith Of The Plains • Marie Manning
... the Trail with Three Thousand Head of Texas Steers; Rumors of Trouble with the Indians; at Deadwood, S. D.; the Roping Contest; I Win the Name of "Deadwood Dick;" the Shooting Match; the Custer Massacre; We View the Battlefield; Government Scouts; ...
— The Life and Adventures of Nat Love - Better Known in the Cattle Country as "Deadwood Dick" • Nat Love
... latter part of this period the sentimental novel, with all of its froth and perverted ideals of life, appeals to the girl, and it is an open question which is more pernicious, "Deadwood Dick and the ...
— The Unfolding Life • Antoinette Abernethy Lamoreaux


Words linked to "Deadwood" :   redundance, fifth wheel, redundancy


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